Syria to respect 48-hour Aleppo truce starting Thursday: state media

Syria’s army said Wednesday it will abide by a two-day ceasefire in second city Aleppo agreed between the United States and Russia. “A truce will be in place in Aleppo for 48 hours from 1:00 am on Thursday (2200 GMT on Wednesday),” a statement from Damascus’s army command said, according to the official SANA news agency and state television. Washington and Moscow agreed earlier Wednesday to work with Syria’s warring parties to extend a shaky truce to Aleppo, which has seen more than 280 civilians killed in fighting since April 22.